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| soclydeza85 Senior Member United States Joined 3910 days ago 357 posts - 502 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 1 of 20 04 July 2014 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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For those who don't know what they are, they're essentially brain supplements (legal) that people take in order to increase focus, concentration, learning, etc. Has anyone on here experimented with them for their language learning? I'm interested to hear your experiences.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4912 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 2 of 20 04 July 2014 at 10:01pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You've only got one brain. Take care of it by eating right, sleeping well, exercising, and studying lots of languages.
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5568 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 20 04 July 2014 at 10:17pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Personally, I think the whole thing is generally bunk - there may be some evidence, but
not enough. In saying that, in my late teens and early twenties I was into low level nootropics - I took B vitamin supplements, ginkgo, fish oil and didn't drink alcohol but I can't see that any of those things did me any good - certainly nothing beat plain motivation and enjoying what I was doing (if you need my credentials as to study, I have a BA, MA, LLB and a PhD). So as Jeffers says nothing beats 'eating right, sleeping well, exercising, and studying' - and in language learning, talking, reading and writing in one's chosen target language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5239 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 4 of 20 04 July 2014 at 10:40pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I've heard that being in a life & death situation will increase all that stuff to, but personally I try to avoid it. :) 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| soclydeza85 Senior Member United States Joined 3910 days ago 357 posts - 502 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 5 of 20 04 July 2014 at 10:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I have a spare that I keep in my lockbox in case of emergencies (now if I could only find the key...) I've personally experimented with a bunch of the common nootropics in the past but, to be honest, they never really did anything for me besides make me tired and sometimes giving me brainfog. The only things that I take now that I can say actually work for me (and these aren't really "nootropics") are fish oil and good ol' coffee/tea. I was just interested in what all you guys had to say about it, being that we all dedicate ourselves to a pretty heavily brain-intensive activity. Some people swear by them but they've just never done anything for me.
Later tonight I'll go driving down the highway at 200mph+ with no seatbelt on while practicing the Scriptorium method, I'll let you know how it goes! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4085 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 6 of 20 05 July 2014 at 4:39am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Gotta ask, anyone done Ritalin/Adderall? I gather they are quite common in the military as stimulants.
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5568 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 7 of 20 05 July 2014 at 11:28am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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As I understand it the base of most commercially available nootropics is fish oil and
caffeine - so you are on the right track there. In the university where I use to teach some students apparently had a thing for illicit modafinil - which is used to treat narcolepsy. Apparently it stopped them going to sleep in the afternoon so they could study all day. Trouble is, I didn't actually notice that they had done any studying, the maxim crap in, crap out proving true in most cases, but there you are... But then if they didn't go out drinking all night, they wouldn't feel the need for the drugs in the first place. Personally I would not touch such things unless I needed them for a genuine condition. Edited by Elexi on 05 July 2014 at 11:28am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| AlexTG Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 4641 days ago 178 posts - 354 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Latin, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 8 of 20 05 July 2014 at 9:14pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I feel like overthinking is more of a problem in language learning than underthinking. So marijuana might be
worth trying? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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